A Brisbane man has become obsessed with listening to podcasts.
Peter started in 2018 when he was looking to kill time during a quiet overtime Saturday at work (starting with Six Tackles with Gus) and the obsession grew from there. He’s now subscribed to nearly 40 podcasts, with most focusing on rugby league (he’d a diehard Broncos fan), cricket (he’s played park cricket since he was a kid), pop culture/TV show podcasts, and accounting podcasts (Peter’s an accountant).
A lot of his podcasts are weekly, and he’s memorised when each of them are ready to drop.
“Luckily I don’t have a lot of client interaction, so I’m free to listen to podcasts at work, which is essential to keep up with everything,” said Peter.
But Peter has a busy home life and doesn’t have time to listen to podcasts outside of work, which means a podcast backlog after holidays.
”It’s always bad after the Christmas/New Year break; my queue is normally double what it is and all of the Christmas-time pods are out of date. It usually takes me a few days of solid listening to clear my queue. Easter’s almost as bad with all my footy pods.”
While Peter has considered cutting down on podcasts, it’s a lot harder than you’d think.
”I do a cleanout every now and then, but I honestly don’t want to get rid of any of them. There’s a few that have been quiet, but I keep them incase there’s new episodes. You never know. I always tell myself, ‘no new podcasts!’, but I’m always looking for new ones to binge after I’ve cleared my queue and have nothing else to listen to.”
Peter has no plans of starting his own podcast though.
”Yeah, nah, I’ve been a guest on a couple of mates’ pods, and I’ve seen the work that goes into it. I don’t have the time for that.”
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